Write a brief blog post re {{ site.baseurl }} being broken when followed by a variable that begins with slash, such as {{ post.url }}

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Write a brief blog post re {{ site.baseurl }} being broken when followed by a variable that begins with slash, such as {{ post.url }}

Closed this issue 4 years ago · 2 comments

Which is broken? The variable, or the use of it? Hard to say.

Discuss.

Answer 1 · 2014-12-19T22:27:54.000Z

Refer to #27. When using {{ site.baseurl }}, be very careful when it begins an href and is followed by either a variable or a string that starts with a /: This can result in href="//...", which starts a host name, and not href="/[^/...", which refers to something on the current site.

Bwa.

Answer 2 · 2020-08-07T21:23:55.000Z

This made sense back then, but not anymore: As documented in this post, GitHub Pages recommends not using {{ site.baseurl }}, etc.